Pardon my ignorance but it has been written by some that digital attenuation is "lopping off the least significant bits (LSB) from the 16-bit word (say)"
In trying to understand this, if you divide a datastream by 2, say, will that sound be softer, and will it be shifted in pitch?
So is attenuation performed by a mathematical process that reduces the number by a factor?
Or is there different mathematical algorithms that could be applied to achieve the end result of "lower volume"?
Or is this just a stupid question?
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Topic - What's the math behind a digital volume control? - JayM 17:46:32 02/08/07 (11)
- Digital Volume Control, More than you ever wanted to know... - DJS 01:16:17 02/09/07 (6)
- Re: Digital Volume Control, More than you ever wanted to know... - Dawnrazor 16:17:36 02/11/07 (1)
- Not really - Ted Smith 18:02:05 02/11/07 (0)
- How does what you say apply to digital increases ? - GGA 08:37:20 02/09/07 (1)
- Re: How does what you say apply to digital increases ? - DJS 19:41:27 02/09/07 (0)
- Good post - dwk 06:16:01 02/09/07 (1)
- Re: Good post - DJS 20:02:30 02/09/07 (0)
- Re: What's the math behind a digital volume control? - Alex Peychev 19:01:47 02/08/07 (3)
- "truncation" - pls explain - JayM 21:00:19 02/08/07 (2)
- Re: "truncation" - pls explain - Werner 23:27:48 02/08/07 (1)
- There is also a question of to what degree the loss of resolution is audible. - PAR 06:53:54 02/10/07 (0)